It’s been quite a week.
Monday’s blog show has climbed to more than 1,000 listens, a new record for Mid-Morning shows on the archive. I thought I’d grasped the concept of a blog, but after co-interviewing our five bloggers, I now realize the real reason for blogging had totally escaped me. People blog to connect, plain and simple. We want to share ourselves, our ideas, our pain, our lives with others…to help them and to help ourselves. That reality now sits in the back of my mind as I continue my own blogging journey.
As you listened to SHARE Wrap-it-Up on Tuesday and Wednesday, were you swept up in the supernatural movement of God? We were, and I believe that our listening family was too. The WBCL staff watched the phones ignite, heard the stories of God’s special graces poured into lives through WBCL, and felt your heartfelt desire for us to reach the goal – and we did. We are grateful for God’s gifts, but love Him more than any good things He gives us.
As you can see, we didn’t tidy up immediately after Wrap-it-Up. That didn’t happen until Thursday. Sort of like what happens when you have a party at your own home.
Thursday, Jennifer Rothschild told a very funny story about her singing the national anthem at an Atlanta Braves game. I love this woman who is totally without pretense. Bekah and I will be at Jennifer’s “Fresh Grounded Faith” conference in Lima, March 30 and 31. Last year’s event included an incredible holy-healing moment. During the Q & A, Jennifer read aloud a question from a woman in the audience who’d had an abortion many years before. While she’d asked God for His forgiveness – over and over again – she’d never felt the freedom of forgiveness. This tortured woman wanted to know what she could do to finally receive God’s absolution. Jennifer spoke truth from God’s Word from I John and Romans: If we confess our sins, God forgives, plain and simple. And for God’s children, there is no condemnation, not anymore. Christ’s blood has made us clean. Then she told the woman (who submitted the question anonymously and was sitting somewhere in the audience), that on this day the old lie that has been playing in her head for years was going to be erased and replaced with the truth. Jennifer had all 1000+ women say in unison, “Daughter, your sins are forgiven!” It was powerful. If you only attend one women’s event in 2012, Jennifer Rothschild’s “Fresh Grounded Faith” Conference – with special guest Kathy Troccoli – is a fantastic choice.
Life can hum along in 4th gear, which doesn’t leave much time for personal reflection about anything. Friday’s “Bucket, Leap and Livin’ List” show forced me to consider things I want to do before I die, in my current season of life, and in the immediate future. I’m grateful that what began as show preparation, ended up as an impetus for making some definite plans.
The books are sorted and ready to go for Monday’s “Spring Book Giveaway.” Check out the complete list, choose two or three favorites (you can only win one but it’s good to have back-ups in case your first choice is gone), and call in starting at 10:00.
Happy weekend!
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